The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 220 The King's Woman
"Presumptuous." Zheng Xiu yelled angrily: "Medical Officer Shen has already tasted it just now. If it is poison, this party may have died of poison now. How dare you argue?"

"Then why did you threaten me by cutting off my parents' and younger brother's nose and ears?" Yinan asked angrily.

"What does your parents and brother have to do with me?" Zheng Xiu asked in surprise.

"How dare you say that it has nothing to do with you. I have already shown the queen the nose in the wooden box. You cut off my parents' noses. You want to threaten me and deny it?" Yinan shouted loudly.

Zheng Xiu said very indifferently: "Oh, first of all, my wife did not send anyone to deliver this thing to you. If you think it is the nose of your parents and younger brothers, then it will be clear to ask them to confront them directly."

Yinan choked for words, what is Zheng Xiu going to do?
The queen frowned and said, "Aren't Yinan's parents in your hands?"

"I heard that this servant's family belongs to Yindu. My parents are not far away. My wife sent someone to visit them to see if they are intact. If they are in good condition, it proves that you really slandered my wife, and then you will be punished." Yes." Zheng Xiu said coldly.

Although Yinan didn't know what Zheng Xiu's plan was, she said frankly in her heart: "Okay, if my parents and younger brother are really intact, the slaves will be disposed of by the madam."

"Okay, very good." Zheng Xiu nodded with a sneer, and then ordered: "Go and invite Miss Yinan's parents and younger brother, Mrs. Ben will wait here."

……

"Father, mother."

Yi Nan jumped on the two elderly people in surprise, followed by three and a half-year-old children, and the whole family cuddled together and cried.

"Father, are you all right?" Yinan cried and asked, "What did they do to you?"

Yinan's father asked strangely: "Your mother and I were working in the field, and these messengers called us here. What happened to Nan'er?"

"Yes, yes, Nan'er, did you do something wrong in the palace?" Yinan's mother was a little scared, and worried about this issue along the way.

After all, Yinan is a daughter, and she will become a member of her husband's family when she gets married.

But because of what she did to hurt her family, she was in trouble.

Yinan was both happy and scared to see that her parents were fine. What did Zheng Xiu want to do? The medicine in the medicine bag was fine and her parents were fine, so why was she doing these unnecessary things?
Zheng Xiu walked up to the queen, looked at Yi Nan, and said, "Queen, you have seen it. This is completely framed by this despicable maid."

The queen also had a gloomy face, the facts were in front of her eyes, she walked over to Yinan and said angrily, "What else do you have to say?"

Yinan quickly knelt down and shook her head helplessly: "I don't know why this happened, but everything I said is true."

"Hehe." Zheng Xiu sneered, "The fact is in front of you, you lowly maid, you still dare to quibble, come here, drag this lowly maid down, and beat him to death."

"This..." The queen looked hesitant, wanting to intercede for Yinan.

Zheng Xiu repeatedly stopped her: "Queen, you were deceived by this cheap maid, and it almost caused a rift between you and my sisters. There are palace rules, but a little cheap maid like her dares to be so bold. If you don't deal with it, who will care in the future?" Palace rules?"

"The queen is the master of the harem, so this matter must be dealt with seriously. Yinan is the maidservant next to the queen. Knowing that my sister is unwilling to deal with it, my sister will help her make up her mind."

After speaking, he winked at the eunuchs behind, and the eunuchs went up to hold Yi Nan's arms.

"No, no, I have been wronged, Queen." Yinan yelled in horror.

Yinan's father wanted to go to help his daughter, but was stopped by his wife. It seemed that his daughter had made a big mistake and he didn't want his family to be involved, so he hurriedly stopped Yinan's father.

The queen herself is not a cruel person, and Yi Nan has indeed made a big mistake, so she doesn't know how to get rid of Yinan at all.

In fact, the queen only needs to use her own status to do so, but she never thought of doing so.

He could only watch helplessly as Yi Nan was pulled out, and then he heard screams coming from a distance, and the sound fell silent after a few moments.

After a while a little eunuch ran over, bowed and said, "Queen Qi, madam, that lowly maid has been beaten to death."

Hearing the news, Yi Nan's family members did not dare to speak, and knelt on the ground with their heads lowered.

Trembling with fright, for fear that these two nobles would anger them again.

The queen was stunned for a while, not knowing why she was like this. Her personal maid was beaten to death like this. As a queen, she was so powerless.

I don't know why, but I feel a sense of powerlessness and fear in my heart.

At this time, the stomach began to hurt, and the queen clutched her stomach and wailed in pain.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Xiu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and then pretended to be very flustered: "Hurry up, I'm going to give birth soon, help the queen to go in and rest."

The eunuchs hurried up to help the queen into the palace, and the medical officer Shen took a look at Zheng Xiu, and the two sides made a subtle expression.

Doctor Shen nodded and followed the eunuch to help the queen deliver the baby.

The maidservants were still busy, boiling water, preparing towels and returning scissors, and running out to invite midwives.

But the most experienced midwife in the palace took leave today and was not in the palace. She was invited out for a drink by the maid next to Zheng Xiu.

This made the maidservants around the queen anxious.

This is Zheng Xiu's plan. He wants to get rid of Yinan, the most trusted maid by the queen's side, and then slowly figure it out. Unexpectedly, the queen's sudden labor destroys her plan, so she can only take risks.

Although the palace was full of her people, Zheng Xiu could not help but feel a little nervous when faced with the idea of ​​killing the queen and the child in her belly.

He stepped on pink cloth boots and walked back and forth at the entrance of the hall.

Yi Nan's family was still kneeling on the ground waiting to be dealt with. In fact, they didn't care what happened to them. They were brought here in a daze, and they didn't dare to speak out when they saw their daughter was beaten to death.

They were already very cautious, but Yinan's younger brothers were still too young, they had never seen such a scene, and they were scared to pee.

As soon as the smell of urine came over, Zheng Xiu, who was already upset, was even more disgusted by the smell.

Make a chopping motion towards the eunuch behind.

Zheng Xiu's job is to cut grass and roots. Since Yinan is killed, her family will not stay. Her three younger brothers are still young and may not be able to do it now.

There is no guarantee that he will not take revenge when he grows up, so there will be no hidden dangers.

The family was taken out of the palace, and Yinan's mother clasped her hands together: "Thank God, we are fine."

When they were still rejoicing that their family had escaped, they were taken out of the city to a deserted suburb.

Afterwards, several screams were heard, blood spurted out, and five corpses were thrown in the wilderness.

……

The Chu Palace was in a panic.

Zheng Xiu has also returned to his bedroom to wait, sitting on the soft chair looks very graceful, but in fact he is very nervous.

People are not as good as God, for fear that something will go wrong.

After waiting for a long time, Chen Lu walked in with a serious expression, came to Zheng Xiu's side, and whispered something in his ear.

"Really?"

Zheng Xiu suddenly opened his eyes and was overjoyed. He held the sleeves tightly with both hands, and he didn't know that his fingernails had pierced his palms with too much force.

Chen Lu nodded: "The fetus is too big to be born, the delay is too long, all energy wasted, and the queen is dead."

One dead body and two lives, the fetus and queen in the womb were not kept.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Zheng Xiu suddenly laughed wildly in the hall, all of this was planned by her.

In fact, asking Yinan to prescribe the medicine was basically a plank road built secretly to infiltrate the warehouse. There was no need to go to such great lengths. He had already bribed the young eunuch to add a tonic medicine to the queen's medicinal materials.

Pregnant women should not eat too much tonic, otherwise it will cause the fetus to be too large and cause dystocia.

In addition, the most experienced midwife in the palace was dragged to drink by the maidservant beside Zheng Xiu, and she was so drunk that she passed out.

The poor Queen of Chu died like this, so 'naturally'.

Three days later, the king of Chu returned to Yindu from the border.

After learning of this situation, he was furious, and executed the maids and eunuchs around the queen, and at the same time executed the midwife who was drinking and misbehaving.

All of this did not raise any suspicion on Zheng Xiu.

Because from the beginning to the end, Zheng Xiu never revealed any clues.

In 334 AD, spring.

Because the queen of Chu passed away and the position of queen was vacant, Zheng Xiu, the favorite concubine of King Mihuai of Chu, became the new queen of Chu.

Zheng Xiu had been waiting for this day for a long time, and finally became the most powerful woman in Chu State.

But, it's not enough....

(End of this chapter)